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  2. Dysesthesia - Wikipedia

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    Cutaneous dysesthesia is characterized by discomfort or pain from touch to the skin by normal stimuli, including clothing. The unpleasantness can range from a mild tingling to blunt, incapacitating pain. [citation needed] Scalp dysesthesia is characterized by pain or burning sensations on or under the surface of the cranial skin. Scalp ...

  3. Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome (AMPS) is an illness characterized by notable pain intensity without an identifiable physical cause. [1] [6] Characteristic symptoms include skin sensitivity to light touch, also known as allodynia. Associated symptoms may include changes associated with disuse including changes in skin texture, color ...

  4. 5 Things to Avoid When You Have Alopecia Areata - AOL

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    4. Not Enough Vitamin D. You shouldn’t get too much sun, but some vitamin D exposure is essential.A review of studies found that people with certain autoimmune diseases may have a vitamin D ...

  5. Yes, Hair Pain Is Totally Real—Here's Why It's ... - AOL

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    Overdoing it with dry shampoo, over-washing your hair, and even over-coloring or chemically-processing it could contribute to hair or scalp pain on some level. “If there is an extreme buildup of ...

  6. Referred itch - Wikipedia

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    Referred itch or mitempfindung is the phenomenon in which a stimulus applied in one region of the body is felt as an itch or irritation in a different part of the body. The syndrome is relatively harmless, though it can be irritating, and healthy individuals can express symptoms.

  7. Pressure ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Pressure ulcers can trigger other ailments, cause considerable suffering, and can be expensive to treat. Some complications include autonomic dysreflexia, bladder distension, bone infection, pyarthrosis, sepsis, amyloidosis, anemia, urethral fistula, gangrene and very rarely malignant transformation (Marjolin's ulcer – secondary carcinomas in chronic wounds).

  8. Goose bumps - Wikipedia

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    In humans, goose bumps occur everywhere on the body, including the legs, neck, and other areas of the skin that have hair. In some people, they even occur in the face or on the head. In humans, goose bumps tends to occur across the whole body, especially when elicited by thermal or emotional stimuli, and only locally when elicited via tactile ...

  9. Inflammation - Wikipedia

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    Inflammation (from Latin: inflammatio) is part of the biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. [1] The five cardinal signs are heat, pain, redness, swelling, and loss of function (Latin calor, dolor, rubor, tumor, and functio laesa).